I'm on the awards jury and loved this book. Here's what I said about this title in particular in my wrap up review of all three finalists for the award which I posted at my blog. Although both are longtime members of the community, they approached their research as field work, screening respondents through an online questionnaire, and then taping the interviews face to face to insure accuracy and veracity.
They succeeded. May 04, Andrew Marshall rated it liked it. The nature of the format means that some chapters are more interesting than others but themes emerge.
I was surprised to discover the book was more spiritual than sexual and even within a seemingly narrow relationship style SM power dynamics how each couple interpreted the idea differently. I read this as part of my book group and I think everybody will be able to resonate with the central idea: live your life, the way that makes sense to you and what other people think is of secondary importance View 1 comment.
The wonderful world of modern slavery and the real life Masters and slaves who inhabit that world. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. About David Stein. David Stein. After high school, he went off to study philosophy at New York University in and later at Northwestern, where he earned an M. In he fell into publishing and in landed back in New York City, where he got a job as a magazine editor from which he was laid off in Some of his other writing is available online at his personal website , as is a fuller biographical essay.
Books by David Stein. Some of the best stories take a few hundred years to tell. Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire! I will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land. The Glastonbury Thorn Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora' is a variety of hawthorn that flowers twice a year in winter and spring - or, given suitable conditions, at Christmas and Easter.
The legend states that Joseph of Arimathea became a missionary after the death of Jesus and was eventually sent to England to preach the Gospel. He took with him the Holy Grail, and his pilgrim's staff. After landing in England he made his way to Glastonbury. When he stuck his pilgrim's staff in the ground at Wearyall Hill it overnight turned into a flowering thorn tree.
In time Joseph converted thousands to Christianity, including, it is said, 18, in a single day at the town of Wells.
He also converted Ethelbert, the local king. He became so well-known and admired that when he died at the age of 86, his body was carried by six kings in the funeral procession. The Glastonbury Thorn is said to flower on Christmas Day every year, and blossom from the plant in the churchyard of St John's Church Glastonbury is said to be used to decorate the Christmas breakfast table of the Queen each year. Read the comments and reviews of The Passion drama. Explore the meaning and history of the events of Holy Week using the timeline, complete with audio, video, audio, images and articles.
Listen to an audio version of the Passion story according to the Gospel of St. Mark, read by people from around the UK. Browse articles on the historical context, the characters and the meaning of the Passion story. Search term:. Read more. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience.
Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. I would be interested to see a book on some other sexualities and see how they compare. The profiles were interesting and I loved the pictures of people in their homes, doing what they do.
The pictures made you feel like you were getting insight into who they really are and how they really live. If Up front, I know none of the people profiled, discussed or had, in any way, any connection with the production of this book. I mention that as many other reviewers had the honesty to admit they did. First, this isn't "Gay ", this is about a subset of the gay lifestyle that may only be familiar to others as part of erotic fiction or fantasies.
This is about real life, how men have arranged theirs in a non-traditional way and make them work. This is about domination and submission, however else you may define or label it. This is about men who consenually agree that one will take the leadershipt role and the other will forever be the obedient foot soldier doing as told. This is NOT about two guys who meet in a bar and, over time, decide to live together, fight together and break up together.
This is about committed, steady relationships of long duration that were reached by almost old fashioned methods, the ones where attraction leads to gettting to know you and thence onward. There are ground rules for these relationships that go far from a "normal" pairing of two persons. This is about the pleasure and viability of one person needing to submit and the other fulfilled by knowing he is treasured, respected and has the loyalty of another for the simple reason of his existence.
You should not read this book if A. You're looking for a thrill or some esoteric erotic thrill, you won't find it. You are looking for a reason to criticize a particular form of the gay culture and life style, you will doubtless find what you're looking for and so if all you want is a further reason to criticize that which you do not understand, go away. You do not have a genuine understanding of relationships that are underpinned by deeply rooted psychological necessities as well as love.
It is a book about the abstractions of love, carefully considered, explained and examined. The authors use their own experience as the fulcrum to observe others without prejudice, just facts found and carefully displayed.
To the genuine reader, one of intellect and curiosity, even without a grounding in "gay-ness" you may well learn things about yourself, how you actually function in your relationships. It may be revelatory, it well may be helpful in many ways where impersonal interactions take place but with a goal in mind. It may be that you find why you need to dominate in a meeting or are content to give in to another.
After all, some basic patterns of behaviour exist in all areas of life, this book just takes the reader into a darkened corner and sheds some light. Great book! I loved reading all of the accounts included in the book! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about what actually goes on in these type of relationships. A Fine and Exciting Work To be up front, slave david stein and David Schachter are both friends of mine, so excuse any bias of mine.
I know something of their journeys. This book is seasoned with those journeys, making it even more relevant and based in reality.
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